亚洲网紅露点

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afflict

[ uh-flikt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously:

    to be afflicted with migraine headaches.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. Obsolete.
    1. to overthrow; defeat.
    2. to humble.


afflict

/ 蓹藞蹿濒瑟办迟 /

verb

  1. tr to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 补蹿藞蹿濒颈肠迟颈惫别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补蹿路蹿濒颈肠迟路别谤 noun
  • 辞路惫别谤路补蹿路蹿濒颈肠迟 verb (used with object)
  • 辫谤别路补蹿路蹿濒颈肠迟 verb (used with object)
  • 蝉别濒蹿-补蹿路蹿濒颈肠迟路颈苍驳 adjective
  • 耻苍路补蹿路蹿濒颈肠迟路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of afflict1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English afflicten, from Latin 补蹿蹿濒墨肠迟耻蝉 鈥渄istressed,鈥 past participle of 补蹿蹿濒墨驳别谤别 鈥渢o cast down鈥 ( af- af- + 蹿濒墨驳- 鈥渒nock鈥 + -tus past participle suffix); replacing Middle English aflight, from Middle French aflit, from Latin; inflict
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of afflict1

C14: from Latin afflictus, past participle of 补蹿蹿濒墨驳别谤别 to knock against, from 蹿濒墨驳别谤别 to knock, to strike
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Where since the 1980s, Father John Moretta has counseled parishioners at Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights on the troubles that afflict their neighborhood.

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It afflicts our most vulnerable, children, who are defenseless to the entitlement of whiteness.

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And other than a harsh post-election crackdown in the capital, Libreville, in 2016, the country has enjoyed a mostly calm recent history that contrasts with the conflicts and instability that have afflicted many regional neighbours.

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Next, let's go back nearly two decades to the financial crisis and the historically poor growth and negligible average earnings growth that has afflicted the UK ever since.

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But if Ireland鈥檚 radically asymmetrical relationship with the U.S. is distinctive, the crisis it represents is global and afflicts many other small and medium-size nations.

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